OUR FACILITIES
Located in Ashland, Kentucky, our rolling mill produces steel flat bars and specialty alloy products including Merchant Bar Quality (MBQ) and Special Bar Quality (SBQ) products. The mill consists of two roughing stands and nine finishing stands, and offers various shearing, finishing, sawing, precision straightening, and storage operations.
Known as SWVA Kentucky to many customers, our Ashland facility also produces a variety of shapes and sizes used in common trackwork applications. These sizes include, but are not limited to, reinforcement bars, joint/splice bars, base plate, and U69 guard bars.
At both Ashland and Huntington locations, rail products are hot rolled and rotary straightened. Cut-to-length, drilling, punching, and storage services are offered. Specialty shapes, including distinctive rail sections solely produced by Huntington, are custom engineered to meet customer requirements.
We proudly serve a broad and diverse customer base across multiple industries that rely on consistent quality, dimensional accuracy, and dependable supply. Our customers include cold finishers and service centers as well as manufacturers in market sectors that include truck and trailer, industrial chain, metal building, agricultural equipment, railroad, construction, and highway safety. These industries depend on our material for structural integrity, durability, and performance in demanding applications, and we are committed to meeting their exact specifications and delivery expectations.
Our Ashland facility produces carbon, alloy, and high-strength low-alloy flat bar products with an unmatched range of size and grade combinations. With over 2,600 different size and grade options, we offer one of the largest flat bar size ranges available at any single facility.
Our standard size capabilities include thicknesses from ¼” up to 3” and widths from 1-1/2” to 12”. Standard lengths can be cut from 10 feet to 53 feet, and additional custom lengths are available through offline processing to meet specific customer requirements. This extensive range allows us to support highly specialized applications while maintaining the flexibility to serve high-volume, standard product needs.
